Release

John Adams The John Adams Earbox

Nonesuch  ·  1999

Artist

John Adams

Title

The John Adams Earbox

Label

Nonesuch – 79453-2

Format

10× CD, Compilation + Box Set

Country

US

Released

1999

Tracklist

• Harmonium
• 1-1 Negative Love
• 1-2 Because I Could Not Stop For Death
• 1-3 Wild Nights
• Shaker Loops
• 1-4 Shaking And Trembling
• 1-5 Hymning Slews
• 1-6 Loops And Verses
• 1-7 A Final Shaking
• The Chairman Dances
• 2-1 Foxtrot For Orchestra
• Grand Pianola Music
• 2-2 First Movement
• 2-3 Second Movement
• 2-4 Third Movement: On The Dominant Divide
• Fearful Symmetries
• 2-5 Fearful Symmetries
• Nixon In China
• Act I
• Scene I
• 3-1 Opening
• 3-2 "Soldiers Of Heaven Hold The Sky"
• 3-3 "The People Are The Heroes Now"
• 3-4 Landing Of The Spirit Of '76
• 3-5 "Your Flight Was Smooth, I Hope?"
• 3-6 "News Has A Kind Of Mystery"
• Scene 3
• 3-7 "Ladies And Gentlemen, Comrades And Friends"
• 3-8 "Mr. Premier, Distinguished Guests,"
• 3-9 Cheers
• Act II
• Scene I
• 3-10 "This Is Prophetic!"
• Scene 2
• 3-11 Opening
• 3-12 "Oh What A Day / I Thought I'd Die!"
• 3-13 "Whip Her To Death!"
• 3-14 "I Am The Wife Of Mao Tse-Tung"
• Act III
• 3-15 "Let Us Examine What You Did."
• 3-16 "When I Woke Up"
• 3-17 "I Have No Offspring."
• 3-18 "I Can Keep Still,"
• 3-19 "After That - / The Sweat / Had Soaked My Uniform"
• 3-20 "Peking Watches The Stars,"
• 3-21 "You Won At Poker."
• 3-22 "I Am Old And I Cannot Sleep"
• The Wound-Dresser
• 4-1 The Wound-Dresser
• Christian Zeal And Activity
• 4-2 Christian Zeal And Activity
• Five Songs
• 4-3 Thoreau
• 4-4 Down East
• 4-5 Cradle Song
• 4-6 At The River
• 4-7 Serenity
• Eros Piano
• 4-8 Eros Piano
• The Death Of Klinghoffer
• Prologue
• 5-1 Chorus Of The Exiled Palestinians
• 5-2 Chorus Of The Exiled Jews
• Act I
• Scene I
• 5-3 "It Was Just After 1:15"
• 5-4 "My Grandson Didi, Who Was Two"
• 5-5 "Give These Orders"
• 5-6 "So I Said To My Grandson"
• 5-7 "We Are Sorry For You"
• 5-8 Night Chorus
• Act II
• 5-9 Chorus Of Hagar And The Angel
• Scene I
• 5-10 "I've Never Been A Violent Man"
• 5-11 "You Are Always Complaining Of Your Suffering"
• Scene 2
• 5-12 Aria Of The Falling Body (Gymnopédie)
• 5-13 Day Chorus
• Two Fanfares For Orchestra
• 6-1 Tromba Lontana
• 6-2 Short Ride In A Fast Machine
• Common Tones In Simple Time
• 6-3 Common Tones In Simple Time
• El Dorado
• 6-4 Part I. A Dream Of Gold
• 6-5 Part II. Soledades
• Harmonielehre
• 7-1 Part I
• 7-2 Part II. The Anfortas Wound
• 7-3 Part III. Meister Eckhardt And Quackie
• Violin Concerto
• 7-4 Part I.
• 7-5 Part II. Chaconne: "Body Through Which The Dream Flows"
• 7-6 Part III. Toccare
• Chamber Symphony
• 8-1 Mongrel Airs
• 8-2 Aria With Walking Bass
• 8-3 Roadrunner
• Hoodoo Zephyr
• 8-4 Tundra
• 8-5 Disappointment Lake
• 8-6 Hoodoo Zephyr
• Gnarly Buttons
• 8-7 The Perilous Shore
• 8-8 Hoe-Down (Mad Cow)
• 8-9 Put Your Loving Arms Around Me
• I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky
• Act I
• 9-1 Ensemble - I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky
• 9-2 A Sermon On Romance
• 9-3 Consuelo's Dream
• 9-4 Mike's Song About Arresting A Particular Individuel
• 9-5 Tiffany's Solo
• 9-6 Song About On-Site Altercation
• 9-7 Song About The Bad Boys And The News
• 9-8 Your Honor My Client He's A Young Black Man
• 9-9 Leila's Song: Alone (Again Or At Last)
• Act II
• 9-10 Three Weeks And Still I'm Outta My Mind
• 9-11 Crushed By The Rock I Been Standing On
• 9-12 Dewain's Song Of Liberation And Surprise
• 9-13 ¡Este País!/This Country!
• 9-14 One Last Look At The Angel In Your Eyes
• 9-15 Finale
• Lollapalooza
• 10-1 Lollapalooza
• John's Book Of Alleged Dances
• 10-2 Judah To Ocean
• 10-3 Toot Nipple
• 10-4 Dogjam
• 10-5 Pavane: She's So Fine
• 10-6 Rag The Bone
• 10-7 Habanera
• 10-8 Stubble Crotchet
• 10-9 Hammer & Chisel
• 10-10 Alligator Escalator
• 10-11 Ständchen: The Little Serenade
• 10-12 Judah To Ocean (Reprise)
• Slonimsky's Earbox
• 10-13 Slonimsky's Earbox